Period Film Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Black Invitation (1969)	Nothing special	2023-06-24	Simon
She'd Hate Rather Than Love (1971)	Solid Union Films production	2023-06-19	Simon
Perils Of The Sentimental Swordsman (1982)	Pretty and good fun, but inconsequential	2023-06-05	Simon
Death Duel (1977)	Much better than I remembered	2023-05-21	Simon
The Swordsman of All Swordsmen (1968)	One of the better post-CDWM films	2023-05-21	Simon
Full River Red (2023)	Weak by Zhang Yimou standards	2023-04-30	Simon
A Girl Fighter (1972)	Not great but not boring	2023-04-22	Simon
Lady Whirlwind (1972)	Watchable.	2023-04-16	Simon
The Ninja War of Torakage (2015)	Fun and stylish ninja silliness	2023-03-25	Simon
Lung Wei Village (1978)	Rather random and weird	2023-03-16	Simon
The Grand Passion (1970)	Lacking that touch of zen	2023-03-03	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of my favourite wuxia films	2023-02-24	Simon
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)	...read review...	2023-02-24	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Fine but nothing special	2023-02-05	Simon
Secret Service Of The Imperial Court (1984)	Goes hard	2023-01-15	Simon
Project A II (1987)	Jackie doing what Jackie does	2022-12-17	Simon
The Lady Hermit (1971)	Enjoyable female-led wuxia	2022-12-11	Simon
Project A (1983)	A Hong Kong cinema landmark	2022-12-08	Simon
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022)	New but not necessarily improved	2022-12-06	Simon
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	Extraordinary	2022-08-19	Simon
The Killer Meteors (1976)	Reasonably entertaining fluff	2022-08-09	Simon
The Assassin (1967)	Impressive	2022-08-07	Simon
Rang De Basanti (2006)	Hits way harder than I was expecting	2022-07-24	Simon
The Twin Swords (1965)	Basically Temple Of The Red Lotus Part 2	2022-06-21	Simon
Temple Of The Red Lotus (1965)	Not quite as impressive as I remembered, but still pretty cool	2022-06-19	Simon
Magadheera (2009)	Fun tale of reincarnated lovers	2022-06-06	Simon
Boxer From Shantung (1972)	Strong Chen Kuan-Tai vehicle	2022-05-24	Simon
Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)	Expected more from this collaboration	2022-04-03	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
Finger Of Doom (1972)	Ahead of its time	2022-02-06	Simon